Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1893 — How Woodford Voted. [ARTICLE]

How Woodford Voted.

Stewart L. Woodford was a member from Brooklyn not long after the war. He was one of the sensible chaps who didn't know it all at the beginning. For a month or so early in the session he ha 1 to spend a great deal of time in the departments, and so he looked around for somebody to keep him headed right on the rare occasions when he appeared in the House. There was a very store wd-looklng person who frequently occupied a seat near by, and Woodford was so struck by hie‘appearance that ho got in the habit of asking his advice whenever in doubt about a question. One day he strolled in during a roll call just before his name was reached. He didn’t know what was up, but his unknown friend as usual tola him how to vote. When the result was announced he discovered to his chagrin that he had voted against most of tho other members of his party. That worried him a little, but he kept mum, and sure enough a few days later it appeared that ho had voted right and that the other fellows were wrong. Then it occurred to him to find out tho name of tho far-seeing member who never took any part in debate. So he turned to a friend for information. “What’s his name?" repeated his friend in response to a question. “Why, my dear fellow,, ho is not a member at all. He is tho clerk of the Postofflco Committoe." Woodford tells this talo himself, so it must be true.—Washington News.